Cuspidor.



. Patented Nov. 28', I899. B. H. JOHNSON.

GUSPIDOB.

(Applicatipn filed May 24, 1899.)

'(No Model.)

INVENTOR A 7'TORNE) Wl 58858 I I UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ROBERT H. JOHNSON, OF MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA.

CUSPIDORQ SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 637,799, dated November 28, 1899.

Application filed May 24:, 1899. Serial No. 718,006. (No model.)

To ctlZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, ROBERT H. JOHNSON, of the city of Montgomery, county of Montgomery, and State of Alabama, have invented a new and useful Improvementin Ouspidors, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved combination cuspidor and dirt-receptacle for use in railway-cars.

It has for its object to construct a cuspidor provided with a hinged cover and bottom, the cuspidor to be recessed in the floor of the car and extend below the bottom or false flooring, the cover and bottom of the cuspidor so arranged that both will be opened simultaneously, as will be hereinafter explained.

In the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, my invention is fully illustrated, with similar letters of reference to indicate corresponding parts, as follows:

Figure 1 represents a top view showing the cover D of the cuspidor as it will appear when made in the form of a grating with the flange a embedded in the floor of the car. Fig. 2 represents a transverse vertical section through" the center of the cuspidor, showing the sides thereof and the manner of operating the cover and bottom in unison. Fig. 3 is a bottom view of a part of the cover D, showing the trunnion b, which isinserted in the side of the flange a and upon which the cover swings; and Fig. 4 represents a plan view of the lower door or bottom 0 of the cuspidor.

The cuspidor is made cylindrical in form and tapering toward the bottom like an inverted cone, as shown in Fig. 2, with the bottom portion extending below the false floor, so that when the cover D and bottom 0 are opened a clear unobstructed passage will be obtained, thus affording every facility for cleansing, the.

The body A of the cuspidor is made either of cast or rolled metal and provided with a flange, as a, at the top, which rests upon the main floor of the car and by which the cuspidor is held in place. On the inside of the flange a are two projecting lugs, as e e, which also extend below the flange far enough to permit of trunnion-pins, as b, being passed through holes formed in the lugs e and secured in corresponding lugs, as (1, provided in the cover D, thus forming trunnions, as 1), (shown in Fig. 3,) upon which the cover swings within the flange 0t. 1

As shown in Fig. 2, the rear side of the cover D is provided with a downward-projecting lug m, to which the rodfis secured, and the bottom 0 is provided with an upwardly-projecting lug n, to which the opposite end of the same rod f is secured, the rod being adjusted to the desired length to hold the bottom 0 closed when the coverD is closed. The bottom 0 is hinged by means of the lug 0, Fig. 4, to suitable twin lugs, as s, Fig. 2, which are situated on the outside of the body portion A of the cuspidor. Thus it will be seen that when the front portion of the cover D is raised, as shown by the dotted lines, the rear portion, provided with the lugs m,will be forced downward, thereby throwing open the bottom 0. It will also be seen that in closing the cover D it will act as a fulcrumed lever and close the bottom 0.

As shown in Figs. 1 and 3, I have illustrated the cover D as being an open grate with the mesh wide at the top and tapering toward the bottom, thereby making the cover D when closed little or no obstruction to the passing of any matter that might be thrown upon its surface. Thus in using the receptacle as a spittoon or for throwing liquids or small objects through the covering need not be raised, and the bottom 0 being closed tight no draft, disagreeable current, or odors can enter the car. When the car is being cleaned or when a porter desires to throw fruit-skins, cigarstumps, &c.,'through the cuspidor, he simply raises the cover D and whatever he dumps in the cuspidor will pass through to the roadbed below, and when the cover is closed the receptacle again answers as a cuspidor or a spittoon.

Having thus described myiuvention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is'

1. In a cuspidor for car use the cylindrically-coned body portion A provided with a hinged bottom as c and a trunnioned cover as D, the cover D being provided with a lug as m on its rear side and the bottom 0 provided with a lug as at forward of its hinged portion in combination with a suitable rod as f secured to the said lugs m and n in such a manner as will throw the bottom open when the cover D and so arranged that said cover and bottom 10 is raised, substantially as set forth. will open simultaneously, substantially as 2. A suitably-formed cuspidor provided and for the purpose specified.

5 to and a hinged bottom secured to the lower end of the said euspidor, in combinationwith with an open or grated cover'D, hinged there- 1 In testimony whereof I have hereunto set suitable means whereby the said bottom is Witnesses:

my hand this 10th day of May, 1899 I ROBERT H. JOHNSON.

held closed when'the cover D is closed, in order that no air or draft may enter the car,

CHAS. F. 1VIOGUEN;

H. O. RAST. 

